Typographic readability in theme design & development – workshop

Inviting users to read your text and actually making them read it are not easy tasks. The web content accessibility guidelines (WCAG) are a good starting point, but the factors that condition the experience of reading texts are numerous and interconnected: from the physical mechanisms of reading to the cognitive processes involved, to the amount of attention paid. Web typography best practices and wise font selection could help. Sometimes informed choices and just a few lines of CSS code can make a huge difference.

Takeaways:
1. Accessibility requirements are a good starting point for readability
2. See the difference between legibility and readability
3. Recognize the main factors affecting the reading process on digital devices
4. Start recognizing web font characteristics
5. Discover how (some) variable fonts can help fine-tuning web typography

Duration: 120 min